Bernice, next time you want a taco switch tactics and tell Luann you want a cheeseburger, knowing her, she will glance at the taco truck and say “Nah, I want a taco”. Mission accomplished.
Bernice is liking way too much the fact to be Nill’s muse. It’s a good thing and I’m sure this will help her learn how to be in a relationship♡. It also appears that her friendship with Luann has come back to being more healthy and sincere, with her seeing Luann as an equal, not as someone who desperately needs her help with everything and is potentially a liar/traitor who is wanting to backstabb her at the first possibility. I would like to see them returning to be really BFF, but it’s likely to be just a pause and she’ll go back to thinking badly about Luann at the first problem.
This is friendly banter between the main named character and her BFF main character on romance, what else? They do get into other adventures (Tara’s near-death experience with her felon cousin comes to mind for example) but the main and continuing conversation between them is romance and life events situated. It’s funny and meant to be, but it shows the romantic hilarity they both have had since the beginning. I’m of the opinion that Nil and Bernice will continue to be an item, they are both weird and strangely smart enough to be natural for each other, and I also think it’s interesting the strip is drawn with their buddy, in this case Jack and Nil. Does this mean double-dating and more is in the future? Who knows? This strip is infamous for its misdirection plays, but I don’t agree with those who, as per tiresome usual, complain arcs are boring. They must be reading a different strip IMHO. One more comment: Luann is drawn more shapely I think. She is a very pretty blonde and she is increasingly )to my eye anyway) drawn that way
I had originally believed that Nil was sincere with his muse comments but watching Bernice so fixated on them I wonder whether he was just easing her out of a relationship with which she was (for some reason) uncomfortable. It would be like being turned down by a potential romantic partner who said he or she was “flattered” and then excitedly running to your best friend to tell her “Mike was flattered! My interest in him was flattering!”
Being a muse seems to be having a calming effect on Bernice. Normally she would be going off on Luann with a lot of shouting and big wide eyes. Today she looks reserved. Amazing.
The purpose of a muse is to inspire. You can’t use it for mind control, Berniece. Also, a muse serves a very specific purpose and is usually a one to one relationship, not something you can use universally to your own benefit.
Glad Luann finally gave Puddles the ball. With the Taco truck right there, I’d have gone for that, but to each their own, which they both forgot this week.
Bernice is a failure. Luann is an inept enabler. Puddles is a neglected pup who finally has got his ball (did Luann throw it at long last, off-screen?)….
lvlax about 2 years ago
Yes, Bernice, you’re a failure.
I hope next week’s arc is a good one!
C about 2 years ago
Yet she will be incapable of deciding what to eat in a relationship
Rhetorical_Question about 2 years ago
Potential Boyfriend at the Taco Truck?
AnyFace about 2 years ago
Rhetorical_Question about 2 years ago
Luann, remove the rubber ball?
Rhetorical_Question about 2 years ago
Is Puddles ready for a taco?
TheFiddleBackSpider about 2 years ago
A muses job is to inspire. Not boss people around
Ahuehuete about 2 years ago
So in addition to being celibate, she will have to eat alone?
Tyge about 2 years ago
Ummm… WHAT?
beb01 about 2 years ago
Nice art from 2001https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2001/08/11
linus82 about 2 years ago
Bernice is confusing inspiration with manipulation.
pbaiey about 2 years ago
Never cared for hard shell tacos, they always cracked and left me a lapfull of lettuce and beans. Soft shells, pretty good.
montylc2001 about 2 years ago
So Luann is not amused?
Joe1962 Premium Member about 2 years ago
Puddles wants this week to end.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs about 2 years ago
Different strokes for different folks
Different muses for different whosisalasko about 2 years ago
“I’m hungry, let’s get a taco.” Harvey Keitel, as Mr. White, in Reservoir Dogs. I used to use the sound bite as my Windows logoff sound affect.
Brdshtt Premium Member about 2 years ago
Luann, just think of the taco as a half – round burger in a very thin, corn based, non – gluten bun.
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Anyone notice Pud’s ball changed to a darker red in the last panel?
kenhense about 2 years ago
This arc is generating relatively few comments. Hopefully something new on Monday.
TwilightFaze about 2 years ago
Hey, at least Luann is keeping it honest!
gnmnrbl about 2 years ago
Bernice, a muse is a source of inspiration and creativity, not control.
ronaldspence about 2 years ago
i know Puddles is not a-mused
incognito about 2 years ago
See, you can share a burger with Puddles. Don’t know about a taco though.
Amina Rush about 2 years ago
Poor Puddles. I think he has surpassed Tiffany as the most frustrated character in this scriot.
Susan00100 about 2 years ago
A Muse is supposed to INFLUENCE people, not tell them directly what to think!!
OneTime59 about 2 years ago
Carry-out. Taco joint, burger joint, then back to Luann’s room.
Same2Ubuddy about 2 years ago
Bernice needs a pocket protector to really make her wardrobe complete.
TampaFanatic1 about 2 years ago
Bernice, next time you want a taco switch tactics and tell Luann you want a cheeseburger, knowing her, she will glance at the taco truck and say “Nah, I want a taco”. Mission accomplished.
Aladar30 Premium Member about 2 years ago
Bernice is liking way too much the fact to be Nill’s muse. It’s a good thing and I’m sure this will help her learn how to be in a relationship♡. It also appears that her friendship with Luann has come back to being more healthy and sincere, with her seeing Luann as an equal, not as someone who desperately needs her help with everything and is potentially a liar/traitor who is wanting to backstabb her at the first possibility. I would like to see them returning to be really BFF, but it’s likely to be just a pause and she’ll go back to thinking badly about Luann at the first problem.
ShadowBeast Premium Member about 2 years ago
Since the taco truck is near by, Bernice can get her taco/s first and then they go get Luann her burger after.
DawnQuinn1 about 2 years ago
It HAS to be better than this one.
artheaded1 about 2 years ago
If Bernice could change Luann’s mind, she’d be an INFLUENCER, not a MUSE
Mountain Meg about 2 years ago
“These aren’t the burgers you’re looking for. Move along.”
Ellis97 about 2 years ago
Bernice, you are a failure at a lot of things.
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 2 years ago
So a “muse” is a control freak.
Wirepuncher about 2 years ago
So Bernice isn’t a-musing.
Johnnyrico about 2 years ago
Choco-Tacos are the best.
jrankin1959 about 2 years ago
The truck doesn’t have both?
sobrown51 about 2 years ago
The force is not strong in this one.
comic reader 22 about 2 years ago
So…being a muse means you can do (or try to do) Jedi mind tricks? I didn’t know that. I want to be a muse.
luann1212 about 2 years ago
This is friendly banter between the main named character and her BFF main character on romance, what else? They do get into other adventures (Tara’s near-death experience with her felon cousin comes to mind for example) but the main and continuing conversation between them is romance and life events situated. It’s funny and meant to be, but it shows the romantic hilarity they both have had since the beginning. I’m of the opinion that Nil and Bernice will continue to be an item, they are both weird and strangely smart enough to be natural for each other, and I also think it’s interesting the strip is drawn with their buddy, in this case Jack and Nil. Does this mean double-dating and more is in the future? Who knows? This strip is infamous for its misdirection plays, but I don’t agree with those who, as per tiresome usual, complain arcs are boring. They must be reading a different strip IMHO. One more comment: Luann is drawn more shapely I think. She is a very pretty blonde and she is increasingly )to my eye anyway) drawn that way
Tetonbil Premium Member about 2 years ago
Me too!
tremaine53 about 2 years ago
The only inspiration I get from either of these characters is the inspiration to stop reading the strip. That’s it.
mindjob about 2 years ago
Not as much a failure as that shirt
Mordock999 Premium Member about 2 years ago
What?!!?
Why does Luann have to eat what you eat, Bernice?
See? That’s what’s wrong with the Country. EVERYBODY’S gotta be in lockstep with everybody else. Or ELSE!
Here’s a radical idea: Bernice, you eat your taco and Luann has her burger.
There! Everybody’s happy.
Secure in the knowledge thst what you just ate is ultimately bad for you. ;-)
preacherman Premium Member about 2 years ago
Evidently, Bernice doesn’t understand what a muse does. Being a muse doesn’t mean being the boss.
RSH about 2 years ago
Bernice and Luann, taco vs burger, opposite yet complementary.
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 2 years ago
Yep, life is about choices
FassEddie about 2 years ago
The Tacos are closer! Open and shut!
Bwahahaha! about 2 years ago
Yes Bernice. You fail at everything.
locake about 2 years ago
Bernice doesn’t understand what a muse is.
kauri44 about 2 years ago
I had originally believed that Nil was sincere with his muse comments but watching Bernice so fixated on them I wonder whether he was just easing her out of a relationship with which she was (for some reason) uncomfortable. It would be like being turned down by a potential romantic partner who said he or she was “flattered” and then excitedly running to your best friend to tell her “Mike was flattered! My interest in him was flattering!”
Caldonia about 2 years ago
When o when will Bernice know what a muse is??
The Quiet One about 2 years ago
Okay, finally something I can laugh at.
comic reader 22 about 2 years ago
Being a muse seems to be having a calming effect on Bernice. Normally she would be going off on Luann with a lot of shouting and big wide eyes. Today she looks reserved. Amazing.
BuckarooDave about 2 years ago
Sunday: Frank is perplexed. :-/
Call me Ishmael about 2 years ago
For Heaven’s sake, Bernice- get laid.
eladee AKA Wally about 2 years ago
The purpose of a muse is to inspire. You can’t use it for mind control, Berniece. Also, a muse serves a very specific purpose and is usually a one to one relationship, not something you can use universally to your own benefit.
billdaviswords about 2 years ago
Go to Del Taco… they (oddly) have both.
YorkGirl Premium Member about 2 years ago
Glad Luann finally gave Puddles the ball. With the Taco truck right there, I’d have gone for that, but to each their own, which they both forgot this week.
JPuzzleWhiz about 2 years ago
“The Taco The Town”
“You Are What I Tell You To Eat”
“I Want A Hamburger, Halper!”
“The Sound Of Muse-ic”
“Want-a Vision”
“Nip And Truck”
JPuzzleWhiz about 2 years ago
It just occurred to me…
Could Luann’s desire for a “burger” signal the oncoming of a third person…?
GuntherGrass about 2 years ago
Either Jacks or Del Taco.
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 2 years ago
Now you get this, Bernice?
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member about 2 years ago
Someone needs to open a What-A-Taco-Burger (you want fries and salsa with that?)
Sisyphos about 2 years ago
Bernice is a failure. Luann is an inept enabler. Puddles is a neglected pup who finally has got his ball (did Luann throw it at long last, off-screen?)….
Ukko wilko about 2 years ago
I don’t find this a-musing.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 2 years ago
Muses only deal with creativity not eating.
Hello Sweetie about 2 years ago
You are a failure as an influencer. But apparently you are a pretty good muse.